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Wired, 19.04.13 18:14 UTC

The Week's Strangest Interactions Between Humans and Wild Animals

Terry Headley cradles an injured bald eagle she captured in Mora, Minnesota this week. (Kirsten Blake/Kanabec County Times) In Minnesota, authorities rescued a bald eagle with a broken wing from a ...

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Village Voice, 16.04.13 21:02 UTC

Tribeca Lives! Ten Films to See at a Fest That's All Grown Up

Now that the Tribeca Film Festival is in its 12th year, let's take a moment to reflect on the six words you can find in just about any account of the previous 10: "Tribeca is finally up and running." ...

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NPR, 15.04.13 17:48 UTC

Remains Sent From Vietnam To Hawaii May Be Those Of U.S. Service Member

Vietnam has sent what analysts believe could be the remains of a member of the American military who died in the country during the Vietnam War. After a repatriation ceremony at the airport in Da ...

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Daily Mail, 12.04.13 21:24 UTC

Bear with a sore head: Champa hailed medical pioneer after becoming first in the world to undergo brain surgery

PUBLISHED: 20:49 GMT, 12 April 2013 | UPDATED: 20:50 GMT, 12 April 2013 A three-year-old Asiatic black bear has been hailed a medical pioneer after becoming the first of her kind to undergo brain ...

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Popular Science, 11.04.13 21:13 UTC

This Is The First Bear To Get Brain Surgery

Champa, a 3-year-old Asiatic black bear, was operated on to cure hydrocephalus.

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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the 14th to the 18th century. After a period as a French prot...

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